June 20, 2019 Americans prefer to stop asteroids from hitting Earth over going to the Moon or Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon or on to Mars, a poll shows.
June 20, 2019 Two potentially Earth-like alien planets found around nearby star There are even more potentially habitable planets near Earth than we ever imagined.
June 20, 2019 No signs of alien life in closest 1,300 stars, study says: 'We are left with zero candidates' A comprehensive study from a number of organizations, including one funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, found no evidence of extraterrestrial life among more than 1,300 stars in close proximity to Earth, a hunt that spanned more than 3 years.
June 19, 2019 Apollo 11 flag, flight plan page, roll of film used on the Moon up for auction An American flag that was flown into orbit during Apollo 11 is among a host of artifacts from the historic mission up for auction this week.
June 19, 2019 Scientists spot merging galaxies from 13 billion years ago Scientists have located one of the most distant examples of merging galaxies in results that were published this week.
June 19, 2019 NASA wants robots to sniff out Moon pits for astronaut homes With funding from NASA , researchers are working to build robots that can explore moon pits, sinkhole-like structures that could be full of resources and could even make good astronaut homes.
June 19, 2019 NASA reveals new image of dwarf planet 'like nothing that humanity has ever seen before' NASA unveiled a new image of the dwarf planet Ceres that "is like nothing that humanity has ever seen before."
June 18, 2019 Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins reveals unseen photo of Moon landing crew he 'found at the bottom of a box' Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has revealed a previously unseen photo of the famous Moon landing crewmembers that he “found at the bottom of a box.”
June 18, 2019 NASA snaps stunning picture of asteroid Bennu from only 0.4 miles away NASA released the closest shot of the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu this week.
June 18, 2019 NASA ramps up search for alien planets, may use huge 'starshade' NASA is upping the ante as it continues its search for alien planets and may wind up using a starshade in one of its upcoming missions.
